"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.